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MEMETIC
2010
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13 years 1 months ago
Iterated local search with Powell's method: a memetic algorithm for continuous global optimization
In combinatorial solution spaces Iterated Local Search (ILS) turns out to be exceptionally successful. The question arises: is ILS also capable of improving the optimization proces...
Oliver Kramer
DAC
2000
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Formal verification of iterative algorithms in microprocessors
Contemporary microprocessors implement many iterative algorithms. For example, the front-end of a microprocessor repeatedly fetches and decodes instructions while updating interna...
Mark Aagaard, Robert B. Jones, Roope Kaivola, Kath...
ICIP
2010
IEEE
13 years 4 months ago
Stochastic gradient descent for robust inverse photomask synthesis in optical lithography
Optical lithography is a critical step in the semiconductor manufacturing process, and one key problem is the design of the photomask for a particular circuit pattern, given the o...
Ningning Jia, Edmund Y. Lam
ICCAD
1999
IEEE
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13 years 10 months ago
Robust optimization based backtrace method for analog circuits
In this paper, we propose a new robust approach to signal backtrace for efficiently testing embedded analog modules in a large system. The proposed signal backtrace method is form...
Alfred V. Gomes, Abhijit Chatterjee
INTEGRATION
2010
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13 years 4 months ago
Analog circuits optimization based on evolutionary computation techniques
1 — This paper presents a new design automation tool based on a modified genetic algorithm kernel, in order to increase efficiency on the analog circuit and system design cycle. ...
Manuel F. M. Barros, Jorge Guilherme, Nuno Horta